Guitars 9

‘The closest guitar to me is my new Martin. Martin Guitars, who I am endorsed... more

‘The closest guitar to me is my new Martin. Martin Guitars, who I am endorsed by and play religiously, built me a custom shop acoustic. Myself and Fred at the custom shop collaborated on some ideas. To me it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s sort of a mixture of the two guitars that I play. I have the 1944 00-17, which is sort of a smaller body, which I use for fingerpicking and solo stuff, the other guitar is a 67 D-28, which I kind of play more with the band. I kind of wanted to do a mixture of those two guitars in a way. It’s a smaller-body dreadnought, so it’s not as big as a D-28 or D-18. It’s a 12-fret model, so the neck’s smaller on it, and it’s got a slotted headstock, which I really like – kind of like an old, classic style – but it has like a honeyburst, kind of finish to it, and it has a beautiful floral inlay up on the headstock. It’s really, really amazing and Fred’s done an amazing job on it. It’s got Brazilian rosewood on the sides and back, and I’m pretty sure it’s a spruce top. I’m not really sure on the rest of the woods. I’m not that well-learned on the arts of the woods. All I know is that it looks great and it sounds great. And that’s the best part.’
-Dallas Green; Source: 'Green's Peace' by Guy Little, http://www.acousticmagazine.com/interviews/greens-peace/

At 0:44 in this video, Dallas tells a touching story of how he got this beaut... more

At 0:44 in this video, Dallas tells a touching story of how he got this beautiful guitar. "

“My friend Dan Aiken who owned the studio and recorded the record - he was a vintage guitar guy he owned a bunch of old crazy guitars in the studio - and he found me this one from British Columbia from this guy who was selling it…a few years later Dan passed away and this guitar took on a whole new life.”

Dallas Green: “I found that it works perfectly for two songs in the set, Wast... more

Dallas Green: “I found that it works perfectly for two songs in the set, Wasted Love and Killing Time. With the sound of these gold foil pickups, it just makes perfect sense for them. This also gets capo’d, on two or three, and then it’s also used in standard tuning.”

The new tones, meanwhile, were created with the aid of some choice gear inclu... more

The new tones, meanwhile, were created with the aid of some choice gear including a boutique Clark Fenderstyle 1x15 combo, Strymon effects, and a 60s Fender Jazzmaster Dallas describes as, “the perfect blend – I can make it sound supergnarly when I need it to, and I can back it off and it can be as clean as the day is long. It’s become my main guitar.”

Dallas Green: “This Matchless, which I found in a music shop in Toronto, is g... more

Dallas Green: “This Matchless, which I found in a music shop in Toronto, is great and so simple. It has a master volume, volume and tone, and you can switch it from 15 to 30 watts. I love it.
“There’s a 1x12 in there. It’s crisp, clear and it takes pedals really well. I’ve got this Morgan AC45 out with us, too, and we switch back and forth between that and this, and sometimes we have all three. I run the Matchless and the Rock Grinder both at the same time.”

Note:
The Morris "Rock Grinder" that Dallas is referring to is a custom made amp.

Dallas Green: “Glen Morris is a guy from Welland, Ontario in Canada and he’s a custom amp builder. He built me a 100-watt head that I used in Alexisonfire for years and years and that’s the best-sounding amp I’ve ever played.
“When I started doing City And Colour more and more, I wanted him to build me an amp because the 100-watt head would be too loud. The Rock Grinder is usually a two-channel 50-watt Bluesbreaker-type vibe but I didn’t need the two channels so what we did is we took out and disconnected some of the knobs.
“Now it’s just like a 30-watt single-channel amp, almost like an AC30, but with a bit more to it. This is the amp that’s been with me probably for the last six years and it’s the bulk of my live electric guitar sound. The settings are just pretty much almost in the middle and the grind, which is your gain, is just adjusted depending on what the stage sounds like.”

In the various pictures, an older model Catalinbread Formula No. 5 can be see... more

In the various pictures, an older model Catalinbread Formula No. 5 can be seen. The description states "Dallas Green of City and Colour has been playing music professionally for over 10 years. After years of guitar rig inconsistencies and dramas, Dallas decided it was time to get a proper system built by a pro." In the "After" photo of the Dallas' new rig, the Catalinbread Formula No. 5 can be found on the top row, four from the left.

The EarthQuaker Devices Disaster Transport Jr. can be spotted in the "After" ... more

The EarthQuaker Devices Disaster Transport Jr. can be spotted in the "After" photo in the top row, three from the left. Nice Rack Canada says "The Carbon Copy had been used exclusively on the Acoustic Guitar and set to emulate the Disaster Transport Jr."

Dallas' Eventide Space pedal can be seen in the "After" photo on the top row,... more

Dallas' Eventide Space pedal can be seen in the "After" photo on the top row, two from the left. The article from Nice Rack Canada states, "The switcher also has a HotSwitch & Tap Tempo for the Eventide Space that Nice Rack Canada suggested to eliminate the “high mileage” Holy Grail & Digital Reverbs."

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